Bedlam at the Brickyard
Fifteen stories of bedlam, bafflement and bewilderment at the Brickyard 400

Indianapolis Monthly named Bedlam At The Brickyard  one of
10 Books You Need To Read About Indiana Sports:
​Brenda Robertson Stewart and Wanda Lou Willis (editors), Bedlam at the Brickyard (2010) 
Hopefully this collection is the start of something new — a subgenre of Indianapolis-based sports fiction. Each of its 15 mysteries is set at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Brickyard 400.  Many of Indiana’s best mystery writers, including Marianne Halbert, Diana Catt, and editor Brenda Robertson Stewart contributed to the collection.  For readers more interested in racing itself than genre fiction, the collection also includes a wealth of information about the history of the event. 
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Published April 1, 2010
by Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime
Edited by Brenda Robertson Stewart and Wanda Lou Willis

Bedlam at the Brickyard is a collection of fifteen stories written by some of today s best emerging mystery writers. This delightful collection revolves around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway s 400 Mile stock car race and the festivities that surround it. Each story is separated by a historical narrative or statistical chart to enlighten as well as entertain the reader. All the stories are written by members of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Indiana stories by Indiana authors:
  • Foreword - James Alexander Thom
  • The Ballad of the Midnight Traveler - S. M. Harding
  • One Last Race - Sherita Saffer Campbell
  • A Dangerous Habit - Jaci Muzamel
  • A Crowd Pleaser - Marianne Halbert
  • Boneyard Busted - Dianna Catt
  • I Love You, Jeff Gordon - Joan Bruce
  • One Dead Scooter - D. B. Reddick
  • A Lucky Guy - D. L. Hartmann
  • The Collectors - Tamara Phillips
  • Tarnished Legacy - Andrea Smith
  • The Missing CD - M. B. Dabney
  • Picture Perfect - Victoria A. Stewart
  • Roadkill - Suzanne Leiphart
  • Lady Luck - S. Ashley Couts   
  • The Race is On - Brenda Robertson Stewart
Bedlam at the Brickyard
Bedlam at the Brickyard
​Publisher: Blue River Press 
6”x 9”, 240 pages
Softcover: $14.95
ISBN 0981928994
Published: April 1, 2010
Ebook: $9.99
ASIN : B00A4L7DIC​
Published: April 1, 2010​
​BASIC CATEGORY FICTION:
​Mystery Anthology ​
"This compilation of wistful and diabolical short stories proves that women not only challenge men as race drivers today, but as auto racing storytellers, too. They really know their way around the oval and across the keyboard."
- New York Times best-selling author James Alexander Thom

About the Editors
Editor and contributor Brenda Robertson Stewart has been a professional painter, forensic artist, editor, and author. Her short stories have been published in Derby Rotten Scoundrels, Power in the Blood, Low Down and Derby and she has coedited Racing Can Be Murder, Bedlam at the Brickyard, and Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks and The Fine Art of Murder.​

Wanda Lou Willis is a folklore historian and author of Haunted Hoosier Trails and More Haunted Hoosier Trails.​
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Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005.

Members of the organization are published mystery and crime authors, writers working on mysteries and thrillers, and readers and fans of the literary genre. There are currently 40+ members who live in Indiana or the Midwest.

Speed City Sisters in Crime hosts monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest to mystery and crime writing. Past speakers have included police officers, prosecutors, investigative reporters, forensic specialists, weapons experts, researchers, and publishing and media professionals.